snarf
/snarf/, vt.
1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the purpose of using
it with or without the author's permission. See also BLT.
2. [in the Unix community] To fetch a file or set of files across a
network. See also blast. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s,
meaning ?to eat piggishly?. It may still have this connotation in context.
?He's in the snarfing phase of hacking ? FTPing megs of stuff a day.?
3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or politesse (but not
quite by stealing). ?They were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of
them.?
4. Syn. for slurp. ?This program starts by snarfing the entire database
into core, then....?
5. [GEnie] To spray food or programming fluids due to laughing at the
wrong moment. ?I was drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed
all over my desk.? ?If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to
snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard condom.? [This sense appears to
be widespread among mundane teenagers ?ESR] The sound of snarfing is {
splork!.

snarf
/snarf/ 1. To grab, especially to grab a large document or
file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's
permission.
See also BLT.
2. ({Unix) To fetch a file or set of files across a network.
See also blast.
3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or
politesse (but not quite by stealing). "They were giving away
samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them."
4. Synonym for slurp. "This program starts by snarfing the
entire database into core."
5. ({GEnie) To spray food or programming fluids due to
laughing at the wrong moment. This sense appears to be
widespread among mundane teenagers - ESR.
6. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning "to eat
piggishly". It may still have this connotation in context.
7. A creature on the Thundercats, fond of eating, usually
covertly.
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(1995-02-21)